Magazines & Databases
Grande Prairie Library provides you with free access to full-text articles from thousands of magazines, journals, reference books, and multimedia sources. You will need your Grande Prairie library card barcode to access these databases from outside the library.
| Biography | Books and Literature | Business and Legal Forms | General Research and Magazines | Health and Science | History and Genealogy | Hobbies and Home Improvement | Homework and Help for Students | Newspapers | Additional Topics |
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Your source for professional practice exams, test preparation materials, tutorials, and computer classes. You must register for a free individual account to access these materials.
Learn foreign languages, and English for non-native speakers.
Provides the industry's best automotive diagnostic and repair information for most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles. No access available outside the Library.
Search 30 million business profiles and 220 million residents. Ideal for sales leads, mailings lists, market research, employment opportunities, finding friends and relatives and more.
A comprehensive periodical resource that covers more than 11,000 titles and backfile coverage from 1980 — from mainstream to specialized sources — for every popular, business and professional topic.
Designed to meet the homework and research needs of primary and secondary school students. Includes science fair project ideas and guides to doing research.
Biography:
Full-text biographies on notable figures in literature, science, history, government, business, art, gender and multicultural studies, religion, entertainment, and sports.
Books and Literature:
Author biographies, full-text critical essays and reviews, work overviews, journal articles, and interviews.
Your complete readers' resource with information on over 250,000 fiction and readable nonfiction titles included, plus feature content including lists of award-winning books, Book Discussion Guides, BookTalks, and Recommended Reads.
Helps you answer the question "What do I read next?".
Business and Legal Forms:
Provides access to a wide variety of global business information including competitive intelligence, career and investment opportunities, business rankings, and company histories.
Find personal and business related legal forms to download.
Find the best information on starting and maintaining a successful small business, from conducting industry research to financial planning, to marketing a product and franchising a business.
General Research and Magazines:
Indexes over 10,000 academic journals aimed at researchers, graduate students, university and community college students
Search for magazine and journal articles and book titles in this nationwide collection of databases. Please ask at the Adult Services Reference Desk for the authorization code and password you'll need.
A comprehensive periodical resource that covers more than 11,000 titles and backfile coverage from 1980 — from mainstream to specialized sources — for every popular, business and professional topic.
Content based on national curriculum standards. Covering the major subject areas, including history, literature, science, social studies and more.
Health and Science:
Includes health and medical journals and pamphlets, articles from 2,200 general-interest publications, a broad collection of Gale reference titles, and drug guides.
History and Genealogy:
Your resource for census data, family records and local histories. This collection assembles every extant U.S. federal census, banking and military records, genealogies, local histories, and primary source materials.
Comprehensive genealogy coverage of the U.S. and the U.K. including census, vital, church, court, and immigration records. Please note: This resource is only available from public computers at the Grande Prairie Library. No remote access.
Hobbies and Home Improvement:
Provides the industry's best automotive diagnostic and repair information for most major manufacturers of domestic and imported vehicles. No access available outside the Library.
Homework and Help for Students:
AtoZ the USA: A to Z information for U.S. States and Territories.
Newspapers:
Comprehensive coverage back to 1985 is available for the Chicago Tribune through ProQuest.
Other Specialized Databases:
Your source for professional practice exams, test preparation materials, tutorials, and computer classes. You must register for a free individual account to access these materials.
Search through Chicagoland public records including real estate transactions, mortgages, foreclosures, and more. Search by name, city, zip code and more.
If you would like to use Record Information Service from outside the library, please Click Here.
Learn foreign languages, and English for non-native speakers.
Locate, research and contact your elected officials - federal state and local.
Create professional-quality resumes.
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